History courses on TV

I often watch TV history courses for high school students. These annual programs by NHK cover major historical incidents from the anciant era to now in Japan and other countries. This series is rather entertainment programs than educational ones for me, because it has something to do with the fact that I am a fun of history and moreover the programs offer us a detailed topics each time as the documentaries do.

Atsuhime

I watch a historical TV drama "Atsuhime" every Sunday. I am not a great fan of the "Taiga" dramas on NHK but occasionally I pick up the my favorable one almost every five years.
Atsuhime started on January this year and deals with the life of a women who married Tokugawas' 13th Shogun. This story focused on the end of the Edo period. This is the moment of historical turning points in Japaneses history and is full of famous people and episodes.

Swimming

I went weimming at the nearby public pool this afternoon. It's my weekly routine to swim around 30 minutes. While I was keen to go on a diet, it is the effective way to reduce my weight. In case of facing the unfavorable increase of my weight, I was hurry to the pool. Only a couple of excercises is enough to reduce the weight by one kilograms.
Another thing which fascinated me about swimming is that I could feel comfy in water even at the hot days. I think that swimming is one of the refreshing sports phisically and mentally at summer.

Russian learning

I went to a nearby cafe after lunch and spent an hour for Russian learning. I often go there and study foreign languages while drinking good-tasted coffee. Russian is a difficult language to learn for us. But it's a good challenge for me.

Polish

I bought a text of Polish, which has been published lately. I'm learning Russia now and interested in other east European languages such as Polish and Czech.
But the range of these languages' texts are limited in Japan. In most languages, a couple of books for beginners are available. As for Polish, an excellent book covering the basic grammer has been out of print and it is not easy to get this kind of books now.

In the middle of the vacation

It's a holiday season in Japan. Most people are enjoying their short free time around this time of year. Some go to viewing spots and other go to the center of the cities for shoppong. The roads are full of cars everywhere.
But we could find places where we feel comfy without crowds. Today I came to Coco's near my home. There's no one around me.